The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat® blog post with 5 of the week's top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye.
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Red Hat and NEC Corporation Collaborate to Drive Kubernetes-based 5G Adoption
NEC Corporation will deliver 5G solutions built on Red Hat OpenShift enabling organizations to capitalize on 5G applications across a broad set of use cases including edge computing.
IN THE NEWS:
Red Hat named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for third year in a row
Fortune has ranked Red Hat No. 27 on its 2021 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For and No. 6 on the list of Best Workplaces in Technology.
ON THE BLOG:
Getting to know Jennifer Dudeck, Red Hat's chief people officer
This week, we welcomed Jen Dudeck. Jen will lead Red Hat’s People team, which is focused on attracting, developing and rewarding associates around the world.
CHECK IT OUT:
Red Hat Launches Red Hat Learning Subscription Premium
Red Hat Learning Subscription Premium is now available, which will provide access to courses covering topics from across Red Hat's product portfolio and help individuals and teams keep pace with the evolving technology landscape.
GOOD READ:
Business Reporter - Coding: an opportunity for everyone
Covid has required people to reskill and according to new Red Hat research, one in 20 respondents have chosen to take up coding as a new skill since the pandemic. Red Hat's Joanna Hodgson points out that this is a trend that tech businesses should embrace wholeheartedly.
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